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Topic: ADAP Watch List Updates July 2012 (Read 2953 times)

ADAPs with Waiting Lists as of July 5, 20121,958 individuals in 9 states

STATE

AMOUNT

CHANGE

Alabama

118

+13

Florida

45

-3

Georgia

524

19

Idaho

16

0

Louisiana**

270

+13

Montana

1

0

Nebraska

139

-2

North Carolina

275

+10

Virginia

570

-3

**Louisiana has a capped enrollment on their program. This number is a representation of their current unmet need.

quoted from email by Julie Scofield, Exe Dir NASTAD"The total number of individuals on waiting lists has decreased 79 percent since a high of 9,298 individuals on September 1, 2011. Regular FY2011 and FY2012 ADAP funding, along with FY2011 emergency funds, have helped to alleviate some of the waiting lists and other cost containment measures. Additional funding is still needed to further decrease or stabilize the waiting lists.

FY2012 emergency funding for ADAPs, including both the $35 million in new funding that President Obama announced on World AIDS Day and the $40 million in continuation funding for FY2012, was anticipated to be awarded by July 1, 2012. The $35 million in new funding was available for all Part B grantees. Awards will be capped at $7 million with a minimum award of $50,000. The $40 million in continuation funding was available for competition only for the 30 Part B grantees that received FY2011 ADAP emergency funding. The new funding is expected to further reduce ADAP waiting lists and other cost containment measures currently in place.

Regarding FY2013 funding, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill that includes a $30 million increase for ADAP over FY2012 funding levels while continuing the $35 million announced on World AIDS Day as part of the ADAP base funding. President Obamaís FY2013 budget proposal included a $67 million increase for ADAP over FY2012 levels, for a total of $1 billion. The Presidentís FY2013 budget also includes the $35 million announced on World AIDS Day. The House is expected to mark-up their Labor-HHS Appropriations bill after the holiday recess.

As a result of the variability of ADAP enrollment and funding, waiting lists will likely remain and continue to fluctuate, particularly with increased efforts to identify new individuals living with HIV or re-engage individuals lost to care. Many ADAPs continue to struggle financially, including those without any cost-containment measures currently in place. Four ADAPs currently anticipate the need to implement cost-containment measures or a waiting list during the ADAP FY2012 grant year (began April 1, 2012). "

thanks to a note from one of our members (thanks Gingin!!) I've learned something that wasn't announced in the lastest update from NASTAD, and it's GREAT news!

Virginia has worked some magic ("worked with pharmaceutical companies to facilitate wait-listed clientsí access to medications through pharmaceutical assistance programs...increased its ability to serve its current clients and to accommodate future program growth.") and will be closing out it's wait list by Sept 30, 2012. Receiving special recognition from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) for the programís novel approach to ensure medication access when ADAP demand exceeded available resources, Virginia ADAP will soon be serving the 579 people on the wait list and any future applicants to the program.

I could be politically incorrect and say it was that big party I had a few weeks ago - but I won't (oops, guess I already did)

Actually, it may have went up because we are now "out of season" - meaning a lot of people who work during the typical tourist months are laid off, which could translate into an increase in persons applying for ADAP here. Our tourist months usually run October - April.... I'm not sure if the list is "real time" or if it trails a couple of months behind due to reporting lapses, if that is the case, and there are lapses then the above explanation might make sense. If not, and it is real time data, than it could be the result of increased testing and diagnosis.

We also get an influx of persons moving/relocating here immediately after the winter months (around April - May), so this could also be a reason behind the increase....

It would be interesting to find out what the reason(s) are - but more importantly, I hope the trend doesn't continue - we were doing pretty good for a hot minute.

The NASTAD report is real time data, often literally up-to-date to just the day before the report is issued. The data is generated by the state's health dpt Ryan White/ADAP department.

I haven't heard anything about why there was such a jump this report - maybe it's related to the recent brouhaha about the unreported TB cases. Maybe there were "misplaced" ADAP cases that have been found. If I find out more, I'll be sure to update here.

People move in and out of Florida constantly. I've done it myself on 3 separate occasions. I remember back in 2010 when their waiting list was 4000, maybe even a little over. Nothing really surprises me with that state and their ADAP. Anyone going there, may want to seek out an ASO right away.

LOL!!!!! Now, they are up to 2. The only reason I made that comment was for the short time, about 18 months, that I lived in Wyoming, there was 1 person on their waiting list. My case worker had said, "they will clear one person next month with funding, they won't leave 1 person on there."

Montana is a tad bit different. There are a fair amount of transplants there from California and Seattle.

I'm just curious what brought the VA waiting list from over one thousand back six months ago to five hundred numbers. I was not in this forum for a while and I need now to know if there is any special reason for that.

I'm just curious what brought the VA waiting list from over one thousand back six months ago to five hundred numbers. I was not in this forum for a while and I need now to know if there is any special reason for that.

Just need quick response. TKs

federal funds were finally distributed and the state itself funded ADAP better.

federal funds were finally distributed and the state itself funded ADAP better.

Thank you, Leatherman. I live in that part of the world and I'm just planning to leave to a neighboring states like DC or MD that don't have a waiting list if in case I lost my job and hence my insurance coverage. So if this is the case I might need to change my plan.